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UK inflation jumped to 2.9 per cent in July, dealing households a fresh blow after the energy price cap pushed average annual bills up by £221.The rate climbed from 2.6 per cent in June and moved further above the Bank of England’s two per cent target.The increase had been widely expected, with the FactSet consensus forecasting that inflation would rise from 2.6 per cent in June to 2.9 per cent in July.Economists had identified the 13 per cent rise in Ofgem’s energy price cap, which took effect on July 1, as the main driver.The change pushed the typical annual gas…

Disney has sued the Trump administration amid an escalating free speech row between the corporation and the White House.The media giant and its ABC division, one of the four major commercial US broadcasters, has accused the White House’s media regulator of waging a “retaliatory campaign”.In April, media the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered Disney to begin the renewal process for its television broadcast licences ahead of schedule.And White House officials have carried out a long-running review into diversity, equity and inclusion policies at Disney.In the lawsuit, Disney urged a judge to block the early licence renewal, which it described as…

Enlli started experiencing problems in 2024.”My periods were changing, I was experiencing severe pain, but I was still being told I was fine,” she said.She described being “completely at a loss” and felt like she was “losing the plot”.But the pain became too much, and she visited A&E at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.Scans revealed what was believed to be a cyst in her pelvic area, and she was placed on a medical plan to carefully monitor her condition, while continuing to work as a trainee mechanic.”I was taking painkillers and working through the pain,” Enlli said.She then received a call…

Last season: 12th.There has been trauma on Tyneside this summer. Some of their best players – sold. The manager who brought the first domestic trophy for 70 years – gone. So, a challenging job awaits for new man Matthias Jaissle.The momentum has gone out of the Saudi Arabian project with the departures of Eddie Howe, Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes from St James’ Park. Uncertainty and instability reign.Newcastle failed to land many of their top transfer targets, although Lukas Hornicek has arrived from Braga to address the goalkeeping problem, while midfielder Aladji Bamba is rich in promise after…

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Businesses say a range of factors put them off hiring apprentices.Hannah Larsen, policy officer at the British Chambers of Commerce, said demand for degree apprenticeship was rising “at a time when businesses’ operating margins are under increasing pressure”.”Higher employment costs, alongside wider economic uncertainty, mean recruitment is being paused, with younger and less experienced workers hit hardest,” she said.She added that there was “considerable uncertainty over the future of apprenticeship funding”.At Yorkshire-based manufacturing company Fives, most apprentices are at lower levels and study at nearby Keighley College, but there is one degree apprentice.Jo Jackson, head of human resources, said she…

Last month, Chelsea were fined £10m and given a suspended ban from registering new players for two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.However, the club have had a six-point deduction, which was suspended until 30 June 2027, “set aside” on appeal.Chelsea admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.Owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.The punishment received some criticism for being too lenient, particularly when Everton and Nottingham Forest both…

The compilation showed pedestrians in London attempting to cross to and from a so-called floating bus stop, where a cycle track runs between the main pavement and a passenger island. In one clip, a man is forced to leap back onto the pavement as a scooter careered into the back of a cyclist who had stopped to let him cross – with the man yelling, “It’s a crossing!” during the altercation.Another moment shows a near pile-up as cyclists speed through the crossing while a woman tries to cross. Accompanying the post was a warning from the NFBUK that so-called floating…

In an opinion piece in the Guardian, external, Burnham wrote: “For decades, Westminster has treated rough sleeping like a problem to step around rather than solve. It’s a philosophy that took hold in the 1980s and came back full force in the era of austerity: this idea that rough sleeping is just a fact of life rather than something government has a responsibility to end… “No matter who they are or what they’ve been through, every person sleeping rough deserves a chance to get back on their feet – and, together, that’s exactly what we’ll give them.”The prime minister said…